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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 18 May 1853
Date of death: 15 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the lumbar portion of spine. Psoas abscess on both sides. Disease of the right knee
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Disease (Knee)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman, who was very fat & of florid complexion, was admitted on account of disease of the right knee joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, spine, right knee

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1854
Date of death: 25 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Omentum adherent to sac. Sloughing of gut. Incipient peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Sloughing (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 19th of March on account of strangulated hernia. It appeared from his account that he had had a hernia for the last 8 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 8 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of bones of the right wrist. Phthisis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Wrist); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who was extremely pale & thin & had all the aspect of a consumptive patient, was admitted under the surgeon’s care in consequence of strumous disease of the right wrist, which had existed according to his account for more than a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wrist joint, abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1854
Date of death: 5 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic disease of humerus. Secondary pneumonia & pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Arm); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who appeared in perfect health & had very florid complexion, was admitted on account of disease of the left humerus […] he had had syphilis about 2 years before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1854
Date of death: 8 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the prostate gland opening into the urethra. Abscess of the lung
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Abscess (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted, on account of difficulty in micturition, under the care of the surgeon, but he presented all the usual symptoms of phthisis in an advanced stage & was on that account attended by Dr Bence Jones’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 10 May 1854
Date of death: 12 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Ulcerated epiglottis. Ulcerations of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted under the surgeon by some mistake. He had laboured under pulmonary phthisis for about a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1854
Date of death: 16 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased heart. Inflamed bursa. Fibrin in iliac veins &c
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Inflammation (Bursa); Thrombosis (Blood vessels)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy and Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man had been out of health for some time, & had been treated as an OP [out-patient] at this hospital for the 3 weeks previous to his admission, on account of some pain at the upper part of the left thigh, supposed at first to be of a rheumatic character’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx & trachea, abdomen, hip

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Date of admission: 15 May 1854
Date of death: 21 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the cellular tissue of the scrotum & cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Genitalia); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was that of a person far more advanced in life than the age which he gave, was admitted on account of a swelling on the left side of the scrotum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scrotum and spermatic cord, thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Date of admission: 24 May 1854
Date of death: 31 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Abscess of prostate. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Urethra); Abscess (Prostate); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted in consequence of difficulty of making water, the result of stricture of the urethra. On examination with an instrument, a stricture was discovered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx & trachea, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1854
Date of death: 5 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Cirrhosis of liver. Chronic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Fibrosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that after having ‘brain fever’ 23 years ago he had enjoyed remarkably good health until the last 8 months, and that he had been a man of temperate habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 16 May 1854
Date of death: 7 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Ulceration of the intestinal canal
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with an attack of diarrhoea which had lasted nearly 3 weeks. He had slight cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1854
Date of death: 14 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Abscess in femur. Inflamed profunda & femoral veins. Secondary deposits of lung, empyema
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Abscess (Thigh); Inflammation (Blood vessels); Deposit (Lung); Empyema (Pleura);
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This boy was originally admitted with a view to his being forwarded to Margate [the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital at Margate], on account of strumous disease of the knee, but on his admission the disease was found to be in too active a state to justify that measure. There was very considerable pain in the joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, ‘the stump’ (‘the right thigh had been recently amputated about the middle’)

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1854
Date of death: 15 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the prostate. Pleurisy. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been a gentleman’s servant & had lived a luxurious & dissipated life. On admission into the hospital he was extremely weak, & in fact evidently in a dying state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1854
Date of death: 27 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Wound of thumb & forehead. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Wound (Head); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who had enjoyed good health & appeared to have been of temperate habits, was admitted on account of an accident which had occurred on the day of admission. HE had been thrown down by a restive horse, which he was holding’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 17 May 1854
Date of death: 10 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Large serous cyst in the right thigh. Erysipelas. Pus in the lymphatis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Thigh); Erysipelas (Skin); Suppuration (Lymphatic system); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was very cachectic & complexion dusky-yellow, was admitted on account of a swelling of the right thigh, which he had noticed since about 3 weeks before last Xmas’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right inferior extremities, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1854
Date of death: 8 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of bones of foot. Amputation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Amputation (Foot); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman, whose general health was pretty good, though her complexion was pale & aspect somewhat languid, was admitted in March last on account of a sore on the inner side of the left foot, which had existed according to her account for about a month’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones of the foot (‘there had been amputation of most part of the left foot’), abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1854
Date of death: 24 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased ankle joint. Amputation. Pyaemia. Lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ankle); Amputation (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose complexion was yellow & unhealthy & general health bad, was admitted on account of disease of the ankle joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump (‘the left leg had been amputation below the knee’), thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 46
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1854
Date of death: 4 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of breast for scirrhous tumour. Typhoid fever. Perforation (post mortem?) of the oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Oesophagus)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted on account of a scirrhous tumour of the right breast, as to which she gave a very compressd history, attributing it to a blow received about 2 months before her admission. She was apparently in good general health’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1854
Date of death: 24 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Softening of central part of brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A very pale, weak, sickly-looking boy, who was admitted on account of acute inflammation of the left hip joint, attended with the usual symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1854
Date of death: 27 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'He had been affected with inguinal hernia of the left side for 6 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1854
Date of death: 31 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Diffuse inflammation of cellular tissue. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation Inflammation Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had an inguinal hernia on the right side for 20 years, & had abscess
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 1 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the breast. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted on account of an abscess in the right breast, which was open & discharging freely at the time of her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right shoulder

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1854
Date of death: 9 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Old stricture. Abscess in pericardium. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stricture Abscess (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted, evidently in a hopeless condition, on account of retention of urine. No very accurate history was obtained; as he himself was in a state of senile dementia, & could give no rational account of himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, kidneys

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1854
Date of death: 12 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Lumbar abscess. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Central nervous system); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1854
Date of death: 14 Nov 1854
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia following injury of the arm
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Injury (Arm)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who appeared older than the age assigned him, was admitted on the 13th of November on account of diffuse inflammation & incipient gangrene of the forearm & arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a